It can take a long, long time to work your way out of denial, especially after a severe trauma such as the GOP suffered in Nov 2012. Proof positive is Senator Lindsay Graham's continued insistence that come the next bout with the White House, the GOP will regain its upper hand. I don't know which Republican congressman said that his party had to swallow some bitter pills with the deal that averted the fiscal cliff, so now it's the Dems turn to do the same.
Hmmmm.... Sen. Graham thinks the GOP is the powerhouse party of beltway politics ~and~ the other guy argues that democracy means a fundamental tit-for-tat system (one that was utterly unheard of when the GOP had the perceived clout).
Can almost understand their line of thought - doesn't feel like core realities have changed much since 2010 ~ ~ the president is a Dem, the Senate is controlled by Dems, the House is controlled by Republicans.
But since the election, there's a sense that the power has clearly - albeit unexpectedly to many Americans, to most Republicans - and decisively shifted to the Dems, who find themselves in a better governing position in 2013 than they ever were, even in the president's first two years.
Just don't tell the GOP - they're still sailing their ship of state on a river of denial.
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